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Film, Video Bataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I Battle of the flowers and float parade, I / Bataille de fleurs--Montreux / Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française

About this Item

Title

  • Bataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I

Other Title

  • Battle of the flowers and float parade, I
  • Bataille de fleurs--Montreux
  • Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française

Summary

  • Presents views of a parade in Montreux, including carts and donkeys covered with flowers, horsedrawn floats, bicycles, and people in native dress.

Names

  • Société anonyme des plaques et papiers photographiques.
  • Cinémathèque française Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • France : La Société Lumière, 1897.

Headings

  • -  Montreux (Switzerland)--Description and travel
  • -  Flower festivals--Switzerland--Montreux

Genre

  • Filmed parades
  • Travelogues (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  English language translation title is supplied for the France in America project.
  • -  Filmed in Montreux, Switzerland.
  • -  Catalogue Lumière no. 621.
  • -  On one reel/videocassette with 58 other Lumière shorts.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: La production cinématographique des frères Lumière, p. 200; Sadoul, G. Louis Lumière; Rittaud-Hutinet, J. Auguste et Louis Lumière, p. 191-192; M/B/RS Acquisition files (Cinémathèque française file).

Medium

  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (ca. 35 sec.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 20 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VXF 0171 (viewing copy)
  • FCA 5142 (viewing print)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006642002

Online Format

  • video

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. Bataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I. France: La Société Lumière, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006642002/.

APA citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques & Cinémathèque Française Collection. (1897) Bataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I. France: La Société Lumière. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006642002/.

MLA citation style:

Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques, and Cinémathèque Française Collection. Bataille de fleurs et défilé de chars, I. France: La Société Lumière, 1897. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006642002/>.